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Lava lakes are large volumes of molten lava
Lava

Lava is molten Rock expelled by a volcano during an eruption. When first expelled from a volcanic vent, it is a liquid at temperatures from 700 ?C to 1,200 ?C ....
, usually basaltic, contained in a vent, volcanic crater
Volcanic crater

A volcanic crater is a circular depression in the ground caused by volcanic activity. It is typically a basin, circular in form within which occurs a vent from which magma erupts as gases, lava, and ejecta....
, or broad depression. Scientists use the term to describe both lava lakes that are molten and those that are partly or completely solidified. Lava lakes can form in one of three ways:
  1. From one or more vents in a crater that erupts enough lava to partially fill the crater
  2. When lava pours into a crater or broad depression and partially fills the crater
  3. Atop a new vent that erupts lava continuously for a period of several weeks or more and slowly builds a crater higher and higher above the surrounding ground.


There are currently only 4 persistent lava lakes in world.






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Lava lakes are large volumes of molten lava
Lava

Lava is molten Rock expelled by a volcano during an eruption. When first expelled from a volcanic vent, it is a liquid at temperatures from 700 ?C to 1,200 ?C ....
, usually basaltic, contained in a vent, volcanic crater
Volcanic crater

A volcanic crater is a circular depression in the ground caused by volcanic activity. It is typically a basin, circular in form within which occurs a vent from which magma erupts as gases, lava, and ejecta....
, or broad depression. Scientists use the term to describe both lava lakes that are molten and those that are partly or completely solidified. Lava lakes can form in one of three ways:
  1. From one or more vents in a crater that erupts enough lava to partially fill the crater
  2. When lava pours into a crater or broad depression and partially fills the crater
  3. Atop a new vent that erupts lava continuously for a period of several weeks or more and slowly builds a crater higher and higher above the surrounding ground.


There are currently only 4 persistent lava lakes in world. These are:

  • Erta Ale
    Erta Ale

    File:STS41G-32-14.jpgErta Ale is an active shield volcano located in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia. It is the most active volcano in Ethiopia....
    , Ethiopia
  • Mount Erebus
    Mount Erebus

    Mount Erebus in Antarctica is the southernmost active volcano on Earth. With a summit elevation of , it is located on Ross Island, which is also home to three inactive volcanoes, notably Mount Terror ....
    , Antarctica
  • Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
  • Nyiragongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

See also

  • Mount Erebus
    Mount Erebus

    Mount Erebus in Antarctica is the southernmost active volcano on Earth. With a summit elevation of , it is located on Ross Island, which is also home to three inactive volcanoes, notably Mount Terror ....
    , Antarctica
  • Erta Ale
    Erta Ale

    File:STS41G-32-14.jpgErta Ale is an active shield volcano located in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia. It is the most active volcano in Ethiopia....
    , Ethiopia
  • Nyiragongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Villarrica
    Villarrica (volcano)

    Snow-covered Villarrica, one of Chile's most active volcanoes, rises above the Lake Villarrica and Villarrica, Chile of the same name. The volcano is also known as Rucapill?n, a Mapudungun word meaning "House of the Spirit"....
    , Chile


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